Hello,
The driver for your card is ne2k-pci. This card is listed with a question
mark on the RH 7.0 compatability list.
You can look in /var/log/messages and see if the driver has attempted too
load. It will display any error messages also if the the load failed. You
can view this using the System Log Monitor, in Gnome it is under the
Programs/System menu. To view it from the console use: less
/var/log/messages. up/down arrows to scroll, hit q to exit. You will have
to be logged in as root to view this file. Post any error messages you see
back to this newsgroup.
If you don't see any entries for your network card. Open the file
/etc/modules.conf. Find it in the Gnome file manager, right click, then
choose edit. Look for the line:
alias eth0 ne2k-pci
If it isnt there add it. This will allow the module to load on boot. Don't
forget to save your changes. Open a console window. In it type:
modprobe ne2k-pci
This will attempt to load the module for your card. It will display any
errors that occur.
To see what modules are loaded from a console window type:
/sbin/lsmod
To see what pci devices are detected on your system type:
/sbin/lspci -v
Cheers,
Jim H
> I do not believe that my RH 7.0 recognized my NIC card. I am using a
> Realtek RTL8029 (AS) PCI ethernet NIC on my computer to tie into a Cable
> Modem. I have my system configured to use gnome and am unsure of what I
> need to do next. I am not sure how to find out if the card is being
> recognized and I do not know it and I am also unsure of how to get the OS
> to
> recognize the card if it is not found (such as building kernals etc.) In
> the ethernet HOW-TO It says that the card is support under Linux, but I am
> pretty confused about this point. I have only been running LINUX for two
> days now and just today I got the GUI to work properly (this is a major
> accomplishment for me). Any help that I may get would be greatly
> appreciated.
> --
> Scott Fournier
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